Swahili culture is the product of the history of the coastal part of the African Great Lakes region.
By the 8th century, the Swahili people became involved in the Indian Ocean trade. As a consequence, they were influenced by the Arab, Persian, Indian and Chinese cultures.
As well as in the Swahili language, Swahili culture has a Bantu core and has also borrowed foreign influences. This Bantu expansion introduced the Bantu peoples in central, southern and southeastern Africa, regions of which they were previously absent. They gradually evolved to accommodate an increase in trade (mainly with Arab traders), population growth and even more centralized urbanization, developing what would later become known as the Swahili city-states.
As we can see Arab settlers particularly influential along the Swahili coast because they were the Bantu's major trading partner.
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i think this is it
Explanation:
China is North Korea's largest trade partner, while North Korea ranked 82nd on the list of China's trade partners (2009 estimate) China provides about half of all North Korean imports and received a quarter of its exports. By 2011 trade had increased to $5.6 billion (₩5.04 trillion).
I believe the answer is A. Because "Pop Culture" is the spread of a common culture that many people in the world no matter where they live can relate with. And as pop culture became more and more prevalent it seemed like the world was becoming a smaller place because of the shared interest within Pop culture.
The answer is: Water management projects created huge reservoirs and lakes where there had been dry canyons.
The National Reclamation Act of 1902 was a federal law that was passed in order for the federal government to start major irrigation projects in the West.
The result of these major projects was the creation of complex structures and systems(reservoirs and lakes) that would allow for the transformation of arid lands into farm capable lands.
By their culture practices and traditions which passed on to their offspring
